Inspirations

"Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." - John 10:7, 9-10

"The Christian faith is not true because it works. It works because it is true." - Os Guinness

PRAYER MOTIVATOR

"Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts." - James 4:3

"Some stand on tiptoe trying to reach God to talk to him – you try too hard, friend – drop to your knees and listen to him, he’ll hear you better that way." - Ever Garrison

SOUL-WINNING MOTIVATOR

"He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned." - Mark 16:16

"Lost! Lost! Lost! Better a whole world on fire than a soul lost! Better every star quenched and the skies a wreck than a single soul to be lost!" - Charles Spurgeon

Can Jay Gruden and Robert Griffin III Work Together?

January 09, 2014

Jay Gruden (Photo: Andrew Weber, USA TODAY Sports)

It was an interestingly timed revelation from Jay Gruden.

On Tuesday, the former Bengals offensive coordinator went on a Cincinnati sports radio show to discuss the team’s wild-card loss to San Diego as well as the 2011 NFL draft, where the Bengals drafted Andy Dalton over Colin Kaepernick, who went to the 49ers one pick later in the second round.

Much of the discussion stemmed from a Cincinnati Enquirer story several days earlier, where Bengals owner Mike Brown stated that he wanted to select Kaepernick, but that Gruden convinced him otherwise, noting that Dalton “fits what I want to do.” Head coach Marvin Lewis’ role in the decision wasn’t specified and the story ended up making both Gruden and Brown look bad after Dalton’s dud of a game (his third straight one in the playoffs) later that afternoon.

Gruden didn’t disagree with Brown’s recollection during the show, explaining that he felt Dalton was most ready to start as a rookie and that there were questions about Kaepernick’s passing accuracy.

Then there was this statement: “I also wasn’t really into the read-option stuff and it wasn’t really that popular at the time.”